Diurnal activity of Ixodes ricinus in Denmark: Aspects of physiological age and genotypic variation

Hereditas

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 325-330

  Jensen, P M ^b   Kaufmann, U ^c   Smirnova, L ^a  

^a ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOENZYME; MALATE DEHYDROGENASE;

AGE; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DENMARK; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE;

AGING; ALLELES; ANIMALS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; GENOTYPE; IXODES; MALATE DEHYDROGENASE; SEASONS;

ACARI; INVERTEBRATA; IXODES RICINUS;

EID: 0032867580     PISSN: 00180661     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-5223.1999.00325.x     Document Type: Article

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